Kapamilya Box Office
| Kapamilya Box Office/Super KBO | |
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| Launched | March 2016 |
| Network | ABS-CBN Cinema One |
| Owned by | ABS-CBN Corporation |
| Country | Philippines |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Quezon City, Philippines |
| Sister channel(s) | Cinema One (cable and digital) Cine Mo! (cable and digital) DZMM TeleRadyo (cable and digital) Knowledge Channel (cable and digital) Yey! (cable and digital) |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| ABS-CBN TV Plus | 7 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Direct | 43 (Super KBO only) |
| Cable | |
| SkyCable/Destiny Cable (Metro Manila) | 158 (Super KBO only) |
| SkyCable (Provincial) | 24 (Super KBO only) |
Kapamilya Box Office (KBO) is a subscription digital terrestrial television channel exclusive to ABS-CBN TV Plus users. It was initially launched in May 2015 as a pay-per-view channel intended for the historic boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. It was formerly registered as the "TVPlus Xtra Channel" but became inactive after the coverage. By April 2016, the channel was renamed to KBO.
KBO's weekend programming includes a movie marathon from the film libraries of Star Cinema, Viva Films, Regal Films and various Hollywood film studios, Myx simulcast, catch-up marathon of ABS-CBN's reality show Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7 and past episodes of MMK.[1][2] PPV events are also included to its programming on any day of the week (such as the live broadcast of Nonito Donaire-Zsolt Bedak boxing match in Cebu, Pinoy Pride fights, and Halalan 2016 coverage).
TVPlus users can watch KBO, provided that the user (thru text) subscribes to a low-cost service load from an ABS-CBNmobile SIM card, which can be reloaded weekly. PPV loads cost higher than the regular KBO load, which may include a bundled free data allowance from ABS-CBN's iWanTV online service.
KBO also announced "Super KBO" last August 2, 2016 which can cost P99 load any other week instead of usual P30 load. Super KBO airs featured movie that released few months after showing in theaters, live concerts and other movies, aside from other featured programming in the regular KBO service. It is also available on IWanTV and Sky PPV.
KBO is the first attempt to have a terrestrial (over-the-air) subscription television channel in the country since the failure of Intelvision 68 in 1992.
References[edit]
- ^ "ABS-CBN TVplus launches Kapamilya Box Office channel with one-month free screening of Star Cinema blockbusters". ABS-CBN. March 18, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ^ "ABS-CBN TVplus AND ABS-CBNmobile BRING MORE FREE FILM SCREENINGS AT HOME". ABS-CBN Social Media Newsroom. April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
